| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 348 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Evolution and cognition |
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Evolution and cognition.
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| Contents |
Introduction: An evolutionary riddle -- pt. 1: Evolutionary sources. The mindless agent: Evolutionary adaptations and by-products. God's creation: Evolutionary origins of the supernatural -- pt. 2: Absurd commitments. Counterintuitive worlds: The mostly mundane nature of religious belief. The sense of sacrifice: Culture, communication, and commitment -- pt. 3: Ritual passions. Ritual and revelation: The emotional mind. Waves of passion: The neuropsychology of religion -- pt. 4: Mindblind theories. Culture without mind: Sociobiology and group selection. The trouble with memes: inference versus imitation in cultural creation. Conclusion: Why religion seems here to stay |
| Summary |
Atran argues that religion is a by-product of human evolution, just as the cognitive intervention, cultural selection, and historical survival of religion is an accommodation of certain existential and moral elements in the human condition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Genetic psychology.
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Psychology, Religious.
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psychology of religion.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Essays.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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Genetic psychology
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Psychology, Religious
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002074884 |
| ISBN |
9780199850112 |
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0199850119 |
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9780198034056 |
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0198034059 |
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9786610845118 |
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6610845115 |
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